One Championship needs a placeholder for reigning 115-pound titleholder Angela Lee.
As Fairtex and Ham make final preparations for their high-stakes showdown in Southeast Asia, a look at some of the numbers that have accompanied them to this point:
25: Years of age for Fairtex, who was born in Rayong, Thailand, on Oct. 16, 1997.
4: Fairtex victories by knockout or technical knockout, accounting for 40% of her career total (10). Her list of victims: Anderson, Sunisa Srisan, Puja Tomar and Rashi Shinde. Fairtex owns two other victories by submission (20%) and four more by decision (40%).
19: Seconds needed for Fairtex to cut down the aforementioned Shinde with a head kick at ONE Warrior Series 2 on July 9, 2018. More than five years later, it remains her fastest finish to date.
6: Consecutive calendar years in which Fairtex has fought at least once. In addition to her 1-0 mark in 2023, she went 1-0 in 2018, 2-0 in 2019, 2-0 in 2020, 3-1 in 2021 and 1-1 in 2022.
.750: Cumulative winning percentage between the two women—Lee and Alyona Rassohyna—who have defeated Fairtex. They boast a combined record of 24-8.
36: Years of age for Ham, who was born on March 8, 1987 in Gumi, South Korea.
3: Ham wins by submission, accounting for 12% of her career total (26). Her methods of choice: two armbars and one rear-naked choke. Ham holds four other wins by knockout or technical knockout (15%) and 19 more by decision (73%).
2,498: Days between losses for Ham. She last tasted defeat on Nov. 26, 2016, when she wound up on the wrong side of a split decision against ex-King of the Cage champion Danielle Taylor at UFC Fight Night 101.
75: Rounds started by Ham as a professional mixed martial artist. The former Jewels, Road Fighting Championship and Rizin Fighting Federation titleholder has gone the distance on 24 different occasions and carries a 19-5 record in those bouts.
132: Combined victories between the seven women—Ayaka Hamasaki (twice), Taylor, Bec Rawlings, Joanne Wood, Megumi Fujii, Yuka Tsuji and Miki Matsumoto—who have beaten Ham. They sport a .759 cumulative winning percentage at 132-42.